| 英语单词 | watchful |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['wɒtʃfl] 美 ['wɑːtʃfl] |
| 中文释义 | adj.注意的;警惕的;<古>不眠的;醒的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) You must be watchful of your health. (2) They were not very watchful of the traffic lights. (3) We should be watchful of computer viruses. (4) The guard should be watchful during the night. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 你必须注意你的健康。 (2) 他们并不很注意红绿灯。 (3) 我们应该警惕计算机病毒。 (4) 警卫在黑夜里也应该警醒。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To be watchful is to be alert and aware. A watchful dog might keep an eye on the sidewalk in front of your house all afternoon. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The adjective watchful is good for describing someone who keeps an attentive eye on things. A watchful teacher, for example, knows immediately when a student is being teased, and a watchful driver is quick to stop for a pedestrian crossing the street. When you're on the lookout, you're being watchful. The word comes from the Middle English waccheful, which used to have an alternate meaning of "wakeful" or "sleepless." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]警觉的;警惕的 Someone who is watchful notices everything that is happening.
2 [PHRASE 短语]在(某人)的警觉目光下;在…的监视下 If you do something under the watchful eye of someone who has authority over you, they watch you carefully to make sure there are no problems. [N inflects]
3 [PHRASE 短语]看护;提防 If you keep a watchful eye on someone or something, you watch carefully to make sure there are no problems. [V inflects]
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